Air Race Program Focuses On Science Over Sport
At Wright Field Ohio October 3 1923 air race officials urge focus on scientific value of aviation as crowds of 12 000 attend. Four events today include Dayton Daily News Trophy Race and Dayton Chamber of Commerce Race with prizes totaling 3250 and 4000 in Liberty Bonds for top pilots and heavy load trials for 2000 pound aircraft.
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Carl L. Turner
Wilbur Wright Field
Dayton
Ohio
National Aernautic Association
Dayton Chamber of Commerce
Martin
Liberty
Skin Removed From Hands Of Logan Man In Accident
Clarence Phillips of East Front street was severely burned on Wednesday evening when gasoline drained from a truck head line was ignited. His gloves soaked with gasoline caught fire and spread to his clothing before neighbors suppressed the blaze. A physician treated injuries and removal of skin from wrists to fingertips. The Phillips family had recently recovered from scarlet fever.
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Phillips
Women turn to moonshine as bootleggers rise in WV
Huntington officials report a surge of women entering moonshine production as wealth from bootleggers grows. Prohibition agents cite a string of recent arrests, with sixteen women arrested in two days on whiskey charges, leading to severe punishment regardless of gender.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
State Prohibition Department
Prohibition
Voter Registration Surges in Ohio Ahead of Election
Cleveland reports the largest first day registration ever with suburbs and other cities in Ohio also sending in records. Officials estimate about 300 000 voters will qualify in county registration cities, with 15 000 more registered than in 1920. Three registration days remain before election day.
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Cleveland
Ohio
A. Hirstius
Board of Elections
Republican Executive Committee
Cadiz Woman Dies After Cow Kick Incident
Mrs. Sarah Warren aged 79 died in Cadiz Ohio from injuries after being kicked by a cow while attempting to close a pasture gate on her farm. The accident occurred several weeks ago.
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Cadiz
Sarah Warren
Halifax hotel register backs looting claim by Mulhouse crew
Partial substantiation of Max J. Phaff’s claim he was in Halifax when the French steamer Mulhouse was looted off Rum Row by liquor pirates was found today on the hotel register here.
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Halifax
Max J. Phaff
Mulhouse
Safeblowers hit Hocking with careful safe blast
Log an Ohio October 3 Safe crackers visited Laurelville and blew the Armstrong Milling Co office safe. They also ransacked the De Haven garage, touching the till before escaping. About 50 dollars found, plus seven dollars in change at the garage. Police deployed eighty one officers were on duty amid a tense security sweep.
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de Haven
London
Anna
Cal Leads New York in Liberal Digest Poll
Davis and La Follette reduce Coolidge lead in The Literary Digest 15,000,000 vote poll. Of 189,019 ballots counted Coolidge has 397,522. Davis 118,259. La Follette 164,366. Returns from eighteen states show Coolidge ahead in most, with Davis leading Virginia and Texas and La Follette ahead in Wisconsin.
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CAL
New York
Davis
la Follette
Coolidge
Literary Digest
Eareer
Divest
Elghteen
Coolrdge
Virginia
Texas
Wisconsin
la Poilletite
Manila debates liquor ban as ships face tighter clearance
In Manila the push to halt liquor on arriving ships alarms anti prohibitionists who fear loss of U S liberties. Locals describe a city with many saloons replaced by clubs and hotels where Americans drink through the day, mostly aboard ships or at clubs, with limited drunkenness despite availability.
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Manila
S. J
Far East
Shanghai
United States
Bay
Army and Navy
Elks Club
Army and Navy Club
Naval
Services
Lerma
Santa Anna
Curtis editorials on Japan and league praised
Cyrus H. K. Curtis published two editorials on Japan and the league in his newspaper yesterday and the day before, thanking him for clear analysis of Japan’s plans and its attempt to influence U S immigration law through the league of nations. Continued on page four.
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Cyrus H. K. Curtis
Japan
League
United States
League of Nations
Curtis
Pulitzer Trophy Race Set for 200 Kilometers at Dayton Field
Army fliers tune their Curtis R-6 and Sperry racer crafts for the Pulitzer Trophy Race at Wilbur Wright Field Dayton. Officials expect a record as rivals Mills Skeel Brookley battle for speed in the absence of foreign entries. The current record 243.67 mph was set last year by Lt. Williams in a Curtis navy plane.
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Wilbur Wright
Datton
United States Army
Alex Pearson
Burt E. Skeel
Selfridge Vield
Wendell Brookley
McCook Field
H. H. Mills
Wright Field
Vna Verville Sperry
Mills
Curtis
St. Louis
A. J. Williams
Laundry Blaze Threatens Ohio Institution for the Feeble Minded
A fire at the Ohio State Institution for the Feeble Minded in Columbus caused $66,000 in damages to the laundry building and contents. The blaze, of undetermined origin, spared dormitories and did not endanger patients.
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Columbus
Ohio State Institution
Judge Ben Fisk Officiated Hundreds of Bexar Weddings
Justice Ben S. Fisk of Bexar County Texas performed 9674 wedding ceremonies from November 21, 1906 to September 1924. He officiated about thirteen percent of all county marriages in that era. The first woman he wed returned for two additional ceremonies.
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Ben 8 S. Fisk
Bexar County
Tex
Death of renowned labor leader Christopher Evans at 88
Christopher Evans 88, longtime labor figure and organizer for the United Mine Workers of America, died at his Nelsonville Fayette street home after a life devoted to labor causes. Born in England, he helped found and lead unions, wrote a history of the miners, and served as AFL secretary and UMWA organizer. Funeral services set for Sunday with visits starting Friday.
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Nelsonville
Christopher Evans
Fayette Street
Evans
United Mine Workers of America
American Federation of Labor
Upper Garnet
South Staffordshire
England
New Straitsville
Thomas Adelisberger
Galloway
Raleigh Fuller
Cleveland
Edward
Clara
Charles
Kiste Uhrig
United States
Jby
Coal
America
Organized Labor Movement
International Organization
Chris Evans
Miners
Miners’ National Association
Ohio
Mercer County, Pennnsylvania Board
Relief Committee
Mahoning
Shenango
Hocking Valley
National Federation of Miners and Mine Laborers
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ohio Mine Workers’ Organization
United Mine Workers Journal
Frank J. Hayes
William Green
Boy witnesses fatal mine accident in Cambridge Ohio
Frank Treherne, 14, saw his father FE A Treherne 61 crushed when a six ton pile of coal spilled in an Akron company mine near Cambridge. The boy escaped as the fall hit the pair, and the father died from injuries several hours later.
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Cambridge, O
Frank Treherne
Rick
Here
FE. A. Treherne
Treasury orders arrest of World Series ticket speculators
Washington reports the Treasury Department ordered the arrest of several hundred individuals suspected of speculating in World Series tickets as part of a nationwide crackdown. The action targets ticket scalping ahead of the event and seeks to curb price gouging and illegal resale.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Treasury Department
Secret of youth preached by Dr Jewel in Boston
Dr Alice Jewel, president of the Alice Jewel International Society of Applied Psychology, arrives in Ron ton claiming rejuvenation through the mind. She asserts her own birth certificate shows 60 years and that singing a self taught ditty can cure aging, promising centuries of life by reprogramming the subconscious.
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Ponce de Leon
Alice Jewel
Louisiana
Varis
Jewel
Fa Ali
Athens 10 Gets New District
A one mile section on the Cananville pike will be added to the Athens city school district after a county board of education vote. A further petition to transfer a Dover Trimble township district to Jacksonville village schools was deferred. A month wait starts before transfers take effect unless a remonstrance petition is signed by half the affected families.
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County Board of Education
Canaonville Pike
Athens City
Dover
Trimble
Jacksonville
Athens
Canaan
Hocking River
H. R. McVay
Altitude Record Set by MaCready in Dayton Flight
Lt John W MaCready of McCook Field credited with world weight carrying altitude record. He climbed to 17 600 feet in a Curtis Bomber carrying 3 300 pounds dead weight. Flight witnessed by Federal Aeronautique Internationale observers and Jean Althoff. Casey Jones won the On To Dayton race in a Curtis Oriole.
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Wilbur Wright
Dayton
John W. MaCready
McCook Field
McCready
Curtis
McCook
G. B. Smith
Carl Schory
Washington
Federal Aeronautique Internationale
Jean Althoff
MaCready
Casey” Jones
Garden City
L. L
Jones
Wine theft reported by Belmont County lawyer
St Clairsville attorney D D A Bond of the Belmont County Law Enforcement League reports wines missing from his basement. He found the loss while preparing to move liquor to court where a Bellaire resident was to be tried.
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ST. Clairsville, O
DD. A. Bond
Belmont County Law Enforcement League
Bellaire
Alum Added To Vinegar Keeps Pickles Crisp
A tip for crisper pickles advises adding a piece of alum to the vinegar used in the brine.
World Series Play by Play to Reach Fans by Wire
The essenter will relay live World Series game updates as plays occur via leased wire. A complete scoreboard will be set up outside the Messenger building on West Washington street. Announcing of the first game starts at 2:30 Saturday afternoon.
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Essenter
Messenger Building
West Washington Street
Davis Launches Rapid New Jersey Tour For Presidency
John W. Davis Democratic nominee begins a whirlwind New Jersey swing visiting Princeton Trenton Elizabeth and Newark within ten hours. He lauds Madison Square Garden reception with Governor Smith and outlines plans to campaign in New York State in November.
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J. N. & State
New York
John W. Davis
New Jersey
Princeton
Trenton
Eliseabeth
Newark
Davis
AY Smith
Madteon Square Garden
Smith
New York State
Davia
Fall
Doheny
Denby
Asalatani
Theodore Roosevelt
Newnell Davis
Campaign Board of Strategy
Alfred E. Smith
al” Stump
Chicago
Charles Bryan
Davin
Kansas
Kentucky
Davis Campaign Tour Reaches Darke County in Ohio
Republican gubernatorial candidate Harry L. Davis visited Darke County during a western Ohio swing. He planned speeches in Greenville and Sidney and was slated to rally in Cincinnati with Secretary of State Chayes J Hughes presenting national campaign issues. Davis praised his week of campaigning as successful and anticipated strong western support.
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Greenville
Harry L. Davis
Darko County
Hie E Campaigen
Sidney
Cincinnati
Chaysies J. Hughes
Davis
Hens
Divers Aid Ocean Sewer Pipe Laying
Deep sea divers are employed to lay the end section of Los Angeles new sewer system valued at 12 million dollars. A deep trench is being dug by giant clam shell dredges as divers assist in placing the ocean pipe.
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Los Angeles
Wireless waves leap through water and rock nearly as fast as air
A report notes wireless signals can traverse water and up to 20 feet of rock with speed close to that in free air, suggesting potential for new communication methods and underground signaling.
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Women In Business In
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Hocking
Laurelville
Mantle
C. J. K. Curtis
Nox
Arthur Brisbane
Harold B. Watson
NEA
Boston
DR. Alich Jewel
Canaan Road
Dayton Rages
Flyer
Jefferson
WM. K. Hutchinson
Specia
American LA Association
Frederic J. Haskin
Athens Messenger Information Bureau
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